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would
wae in point of fact/purchased in the Straits Settlements and re-exposic to chind
x. capotz had hithert. been legitimate bus. would henceforward be
such
et smuggled into China to the detriment of the trade he
represented. The consumption in the Far East other than
China he said had decreased largely, and therefore (since
there was no reduction in the 16,000 available chosts)
the surplus could only be muggled into China. The con-
-sumption in Formosa he said had fallen from 1,550 chests
in 1907 to 800 in 1910, and Manila had ceased to be a
purchaser.
5.
pointed out that from the
figures already quoted it appeared that the quantities of
Opium (other than legitimate imports into China) exported
>
over seas by the Indian Government had been as follows:-
1907......
.19,859. (e.g. the difference bet-
ween the quantities actual- 1908......20,049. -ly imported into China,
and the total exported
1909..
.14,664. from India.)
The Indian estimate of 16,000 had been largely exceeded in
the two first years, and the fact that it had not been
reached in 1909 was admittedly due to the enhanced prices
in China in that year. Stocks elsewhere had probably been
depleted in order to realise high prices in the China
market. It was obvious I added that the cases marked for
China at the Calcutta auction would realise higher prices
then
eb.